Golden Fishing Village

Shen Zhifu naturally understood these situations, but he was helpless: sea slugs start laying eggs in February and March, and they mate in January and February, when the sea water is too cold to dive.

In addition, if he wants to continue waiting, he will have to wait until August and September, when the sea water temperature is suitable, but he does not have that much time to wait.

After speaking out his difficulties, Shen Zhifu lowered his posture: "Mr. Ao, please help me. I learned about your superb diving skills through the TV station, so I contacted Teacher Li and came here to ask for your help."

His words made Ao Muyang puzzled: "Through the TV station?"

"CCTV channel." Shen Zhifu said, "Didn't a filming crew come to the turtle protection area to make a program? I happened to be doing a program on the TV station at the time, and learned about the village chief's skills through them."

Li Ji winked at Ao Muyang and whispered: "It's not something I found for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Zhifu continued: "I saw Teacher Li's evaluation of you in the interview. He called you the number one diver in China. Teacher Li and I are old friends. I trust his vision very much, so I came here after hearing the news."

After he said this, Li Ji had to show a happy and sad smile.

Ao Muyang thought for a while and said, "Okay, I can help you, but I can't promise anything, because catching sea hares really depends on fate."

There were many sea hares in the past, because they were of little value in the eyes of fishermen, and they could not be eaten or sold. They could only be fished out of the water when they formed the five Olympic rings.

Now that the medicinal value of sea powder has been discovered, their own value has been improved, but their number has also decreased. It is not because of human overfishing, but because they live in the near sea and have extremely high requirements for water quality. In addition, they also need high-quality seaweed as food.

In addition, before the start of the domestic industrial era, the near-shore waters were very clear and clean, and many sea hares lived. As a large number of factories were built on the seashore and discharged sewage into the sea, this situation changed.

Shen Zhifu was very happy to get his promise. He used a fan to prop up his sunglasses and smiled, "That's great, Mr. Ao, thank you so much."

Like other marine biologists, he brought people to Longtou Village, five people, but these five people didn't look like his students, but more like bodyguards, with solemn faces and sharp eyes.

Ao Muyang had to take Black Dragon with him when he went out to sea. Black Dragon tilted his head when he saw the five people. He glanced at the five people with a provocative look, and his expression looked malicious.

The five men were very patient and ignored him.

That day, they set off together on a fishing boat.

After the fishing boat went out to sea, Ao Muyang received a call from Dai Zongxi: "Xiao Ao, are you in the village?"

Ao Muyang said: "No, I'm helping a marine biologist who is looking for sea slugs in Hongyang Bay. What's wrong, do you have anything to do? I'm sorry, Boss Dai, I don't have time to help you."

He was quite proud of the latter part. You all used me as free labor, right? Now I have a fair reason to reject you!

Dai Zongxi is a smart man. He heard something behind Ao Muyang's voice and said calmly: "Oh, it's okay. I'm not looking for your help, but didn't you help the bureau and fishery administration a lot a few days ago? The bureau just got a batch of fish processing machines. I wanted to build a production line for your village. You can develop a small sideline business, such as producing some canned fish to sell to tourists..."

"Boss Dai, where is the machine now? I will arrange someone to go there immediately." Ao Muyang said with a smile.

Dai Zongxi said, "Why don't you go ahead and do your work first? Aren't you helping a professor?"

Ao Muyang said hurriedly, "No time, no time. Thank you, Mr. Dai, for your kindness. I am really grateful. I will send you a few boxes of canned fish in the future."

Dai Zongxi snorted and asked him to find someone to go to the city customs. This batch of machines was stored in the customs. In fact, they were smuggled goods found by the customs. According to laws and regulations, this batch of machines was handed over to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau after registration. Dai Zongxi learned of this news and withheld one from them.

After he hung up the phone, he called Ao Wenchang again. After arranging everything, Shen Zhifu smiled and said, "Mr. Ao, we are not in a hurry to find sea slugs. If you have something important to do, go and do it first?"

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Mr. Shen, I'll arrange it."

Speaking of finding sea slugs, there is really no hurry, because there is no use in being anxious.

According to the habits of sea slugs, they should look for river estuaries near the coast, where the water is turbulent and the seaweed and water plants are lush, which is the preferred habitat of sea slugs.

But now the rivers are even more polluted, and the water quality at the estuaries where the river water flows into the ocean is very poor, and sea slugs absolutely cannot survive.

Shen Zhifu is patient. They maneuvered in the sea to find the habitat of sea slugs. During this time, he explained the habits of this creature to Ao Muyang to help him find sea slugs.

There is a compound called Apriloline in the sea powder produced by sea slugs. It is a highly effective and natural anti-cancer agent. It contains a certain toxicity and can effectively kill cancer cells, but it is non-toxic to normal cells. The efficacy can match that of tumor necrosis factor.

"This compound has been tested for safety in mice and primates and was very successful. Now we at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are working on this topic. If we can prove that it is equally effective in humans and has no toxic side effects, then we will have another way to deal with cancer in the future." At this point, Shen Zhifu could hardly suppress his excitement.

He brought a sea hare model with him. After introducing it here, he took out the model and said, "When you go to the sea to look for sea hares later, pay attention. There are two glands in the sea hare. One is called the purple gland, which grows below the edge of the mantle, which is right here. It can release a lot of purple-red liquid, dyeing the surrounding seawater purple. Don't be surprised when it happens, it is harmless."

"In addition, it also has a venom gland in the front of the mantle, yes, right here. The venom gland can secrete a slightly acidic milky liquid that is chemically toxic, so when you catch them, try to avoid touching the front of the mantle."

Ao Muyang learned a lot of knowledge from following him. Based on his experience, he found a relatively clear place with seawater, and then dived into the water.

The seawater is clear, and it is just past noon. The bright sunshine shines through the sea surface, emitting a soft halo.

The water here is between ten and twenty meters deep. Seaweeds live on the seabed and in the seawater. Some seaweeds have to take root on the seabed, while others just float in the seawater.

The sunlight shines through the gaps in these seaweeds, the seawater ripples, and the light and seaweed sway with it, creating a three-dimensional beauty.